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What's the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes? - Lifehacker

What's the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes? - Lifehacker

What's the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes? - Lifehacker
Oct 11, 2021 1 min, 14 secs

There’s more to glucose transport and blood sugar than just this scenario, but if you think about insulin as a key and cells having locks, the difference between the two types of diabetes is easier to remember: In type 1, you don’t have enough keys, and in type 2, you have too many locks.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the beta cells of the pancreas don’t produce enough insulin.

“The young child who is urinating frequently, drinking large quantities, losing weight, and becoming more and more tired and ill is the classic picture of a child with new-onset type 1 diabetes,” the American Diabetes Association says.

In type 2 diabetes, insulin may still be produced, but the cells in various parts of the body aren’t sensitive enough to it.

The symptoms of type 2 diabetes are similar to many of those in type 1: increased thirst and urination, hunger, fatigue, blurry vision, and sores that don’t heal properly.

You’re more at risk for type 2 diabetes if you are overweight or don’t exercise much (exercise can improve our cells’ insulin sensitivity, which is one of the reasons exercise is so important for health.) Older people, people with a family history of diabetes, and people who had gestational diabetes while pregnant are also at risk of developing the condition.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Diabetes Association have an online test here that you can take to find out if you are at risk of prediabetes.

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